An ex-beau once referred to me as “granola girl,” which was ironic because I didn’t even like granola. It was merely a way for him to categorize me. Conscientious with how I choose to live my life, I ate healthy, recycled, practiced yoga, at one point even lived off the grid. For him, the label represented not only my eating habits but also my mindset. However, he was wrong; it was…
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Sometimes who we are is more apparent to strangers than to ourselves. A chance encounter made me look deeply into the core of who I am. While having sushi with a friend, a man sat down beside me. As he ordered a sake, he said to me, “You have beautiful hands.” Although, obviously chatting me up, could he not see what my hands looked like? I wouldn’t say I liked…
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The only justice is to follow the sincere intuition of the soul, angry or gentle. Anger is just, and pity is just, but judgement is never just. ~ D. H. Lawrence Animals are my most memorable teachers. Occasionally, I foster dogs in need, primarily Dobermans. Each time I accept a new dog, I vow it will be the last time, yet I cannot resist stepping into these animals’ lives. Something…
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Single by Choice or Flying Solo. Are you married? Do you have kids? Are you dating? Aren’t you afraid to live alone? Don’t you get lonely? Those are the questions I am most frequently asked upon meeting new people, primarily upon meeting women who are not single. Being a single woman is an age-old stigma, even though single people in the US are growing faster than those married, which has…
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Elle was an immeasurable gift. Our story starts at the end of her life. I only wish I could have known her longer. I was looking for a young female Doberman companion for Chloe, my middle-aged Dobie, in preparation for when Tezi, my senior cattle dog, passed. I knew Tezi’s time was coming. The Doberman rescue I spoke with didn’t have any young females. Although I didn’t want a male,…
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I never understood what depression was. I didn’t realize how one allowed oneself to get there and why they couldn’t just pull themselves out of it. I had a lot of judgment surrounding it and therefore was blocked from really seeing it for what it is. Depression is anger turned inwards ~ Sigmund Freud And then there I was depressed. I didn’t realize it at first. By nature, I can be very reclusive…
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